Kevin | Bad Philosophy

Episode 117: Mintyvan

26 March 2012 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Stephen, Kevin, Kiki, and new guest Matt Epperson examine whether chaos-inducing “jokers” are a fundamental reason why society works. Science thinks so. Do you?

9-11, AirBnb, Alan Moore, anarchy, autopsies, Bass Pro Shop, Batman, Bernie Madoff, Code for America, collective action, comics, crime, eBay, ethics, financial services, free market, French Revolution, game theory, Getaround, government, ion, iTunes U, Joker, Kevin, Kiki, lighthouses, Lloyd Blankfein, mafia, Matt E, Mitt Romney, Nash Equilibrium, NPR, Planet Money, PRI, Prisoners' Dilemma, publics goods, rational anarchy, social engineering, Stephen, Steven Levitt, superheroes, taxes, Texas Tech University, The Dark Knight, The Killing Joke, The Price is Right, thermodynamics, This American Life, Tragedy of the Commons, Watchmen

Episode 115: Scorns and Flattery

28 February 2012 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Canadian dramedy Slings and Arrows has made quite an impression on Stephen. In this episode he breaks it down with the help of theatre guru Kevin Saunders.

Academy Awards, Aristotle, Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Community, death, E.T., flowers, Hamlet, Heroes, heterosexuality, homosexuality, irony, James Kakalios, Joss Whedon, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin, life, love, MacBeth, modernism, Much Ado About Nothing, Oscars, Pandora, post-modernism, post-structuralism, Rifftrax, Robert Wilson, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, Slings and Arrows, Stephen, structuralism, Synecdoche New York, The Physics of Superheroes, theatre, Tony Awards, Top Gun, TV Tropes, West Side Story, Wikipedia

Episode 114: Wikissori

22 February 2012 By StephenTorrence 1 In Podcast

The Bad Philosophers tackle education once again. Can Ken Robinson, Montessori schools, and John Dortmunder save the day?

beer, Columbia, Columbus Day, Dan Brown, dinosaurs, Double Fine, education, enlightenment, games, high school, Horace Greeley, Horace Mann, Jon Dortmunder, Jon Stewart, Jonathan Larson, Kevin, kindergarten, Liam Neeson, Merrells, Montessori, Museum of Computer Culture, NPR, Patrick Stewart, Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Planet Money, Rent, RSA Animate, Shawn, Shiner Dortmunder, Sir Ken Robinson, Slings and Arrows, Sloyd, spoiler wars, standardized testing, Stephen, Stephen Pinker, synesthesia, Texas Education Agency, This American Life, United States, Wikipedia

Episode 113: Max Headroom

08 February 2012 By StephenTorrence 0 In Podcast

Have you ever noticed how fast food that you buy never looks like the pictures? Oh, or gotten super frustrated when you plug in a USB port backwards? Have you ever just wished that everyone followed a simple set of rules for living? Now… have you ever thought about writing hyper-rational, detailed rants on these issues […]

Aaron Sorkin, alphaila, Amazon, Android, Arrested Development, Bob Ross, books, Captain Vimes, Dario D, design, Discworld, Dustin Hoffman, E2, Ed Helms, engineering, falliblism, fast food, Fathead, induction, Ira Glass, Kevin, Kindle Fire, Luck, Max Headroom, Michael Moore, modernism, Newsroom, paper, paternalism, poetry, post-modernism, Sicko, Simon, Slings and Arrows, society, statistics, Stephen, Super Size Me, technology, TED Talks, The West Wing, The Wire, Tom Naughton, truth, TV, USB, Who Killed the Electric Car